The entrance to St.Michael's is on Church Lane at its junction with Dove Lane. Commemorated are twenty local men from the Great War and five from the second.
The plaque above the main beam reads.
| I.H.S. |
| TO THE |
| GLORY OF GOD |
| THIS GATE |
| WAS ERECTED |
| IN PROUD AND |
| LOVING MEMORY |
| OF THOSE WHO GAVE |
| THEIR LIVES FOR US |
| IN THE GREAT WAR |
| 1914-1918 |
|
and the beam reads.
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
There are three plaques inside the gate.
| GEORGE W BRINDLEY |
| OCT 18 1915 |
| ARTHUR E HARRISON |
| MARCH 5 1916 |
| JOHN HENSHAW |
| APRIL 5 1916 |
| FREDERICK SWANWICK |
| JULY 8 1916 |
| COLIN COPE |
| AUGUST 5 1916 |
| JOHN H BOTHAM |
| DEC 19 1916 |
| WILLIAM C HENSHAW |
| FEB 11 1917 |
| THOMAS A BENNETT |
| MARCH 4 1917 |
| GEORGE HARPER |
| APRIL 5 1917 |
| ALBERT CLARKE |
| NOV 24 1917 |
| GRAHAM WOOD |
| APRIL 10 1917 |
| JOHN W KEMP |
| APRIL 29 1917 |
| THOMAS BENTLEY |
| MAY 14 1917 |
| JOHN RICHARDSON |
| OCT 9 1917 |
| RICHARD A GILBERT |
| DEC 20 1917 |
| JOHN T WHEELOCK |
| JANY 27 1918 |
| WILLIAM J BALL |
| SEPR 7 1918 |
| JACK HIRST MM |
| SEPR 11 1918 |
| JOHN E AULT |
| OCT 8 1918 |
| GEO E BASNETT |
| DEC 1 1914 |
| 1939 - 1945 |
| GEORGE BELL |
| RONALD JOHN BENEY |
| FRANCIS BERTRAM CARPENTER |
| WILLIAM HARRY CHADWICK |
| LIONEL FREDERICK HASSHILL |
All photographs by Chris Gleave
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